Watermelons — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Watermelons — Area harvested was 76,004 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 76,004 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 283.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 78,998 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,300 ha, in 2004.
Afghanistan ranks 8th of 143 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,444 ha | 10,900 ha | 13,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,590 ha | 10,900 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,480 ha | 7,800 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,315 ha | 7,800 ha | 12,211 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,230 ha | 6,300 ha | 25,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,882 ha | 17,625 ha | 74,679 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,363 ha | 54,459 ha | 78,998 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Afghanistan
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
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- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 30 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 18 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Afghanistan was 76,004 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 78,998 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,300 ha in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 8th out of 143 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 283.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.